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Monday, March 19, 2012

Mahindra & Mahindra: A Field Visit

The Opera club at SJMSOM
successfully conducted a visit to M&M, Kandiwali plant. The main objective
of the visit was to get an experience of lean operations in practice.

The visit was preceded by an
insightful lecture on Lean Management conducted by the Opera Club, SJMSOM IIT
Bombay. This helped the students understand lean concepts better and observe
the practical application on the shop floor. The session was taken by
Nisanpreet Bal and Arun Chand. Both of them have valuable work experience in
Operations and Lean Management.

The whole visit was a three hour
affair and was attended by 26 students. The visit started with an address by personnel
of the administrative section, who briefed us about the company and its
operations at various locations. Subsequently, he shared some interesting
insights into the operations of the Kandiwali plant. The engineers guided us through
the plant and explained the various concepts of operations being implemented in
the assembly line of Bolero, Maxx Pick up and their 47 variants. It was a rare
opportunity for students to observe concepts like 5s, Level scheduling, Poka
yoke, Kaizen, Kanban etc. being successfully implemented in a practical setup.
The visit was concluded with a stopover at the body shop. At each step of the visit engineers addressed
all the doubts of students with great interest to help them get a better grasp
of operation concepts. Many students, who had no prior experience in a
manufacturing industry, were enthralled by the assembly operations.

The field visit was followed by a
Question & Answer session by the plant head, Mr Sunil Kulkarni. He offered remarkable
insights into the various problems faced in the implementation of lean
operations, and the current challenges faced by the automotive industry. To
conclude the visit, a feedback was given by everyone and
students departed with a better understanding of the classroom learning.

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